The Old Chain of Rocks Bridge on June 19, 2025. It opened to traffic in 1929 and was rerouted in 1936 to carry Route 66 over ...

1986: Hard Rock Cafe opened in Chicago. Mayor Harold Washington and Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon were among its first guests. TV host Oprah Winfrey attended the opening with Stedman Graham, ...

This past school year, for the first time, Illinois schools were required to teach a unit on the experience and history of ...